SHARE In the first of a two-part series to mark the 30-year anniversary of the liberation of Kuwait, we speak to residents who lived in the UAE during the time. The second part will focus on the UAE s role in the battle. In the early hours of January 17, 1991, the phone rang at Christine Rendel’s Abu Dhabi home. “Ms Rendel,” a grave voice said. “The war has begun.” The call came from her manager at the city’s Al Jazirah hospital where Ms Rendel was director of nursing. Things would never be the same again. Thirty years on from Desert Storm - the US-led airwar to drive Iraqi regime forces out of Kuwait – UAE residents have been reflecting on the uncertainty, fear and resilience that pervaded the country then. Some left, others kept the car full of petrol with a supply of water in the back should events turn serious but many stayed.
The enigmatic star began her career as an actress, starring in Bo Selecta! and presented various ITV2 shows including I m a Celebrity.Get Me Out of Here! NOW! and The Xtra Factor. Strictly Come Dancing in 2014 and the following year she began presenting The X Factor – replacing the long-standing presenter Dermot O Leary. She also presented the hit TV show Love Island between 2015 to 2019. Chadwick Boseman (Ian West/PA) Actor and playwright Chadwick Boseman died on August 28 aged 43, after being diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016. Boseman played superhero T’Challa in the 2018 Marvel blockbuster, Black Panther. Despite being diagnosed with cancer, he went on to star in a range of films, such as Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
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The enigmatic star began her career as an actress, starring in Bo Selecta! and presented various ITV2 shows including I m a Celebrity.Get Me Out of Here! NOW! and The Xtra Factor. Strictly Come Dancing in 2014 and the following year she began presenting The X Factor – replacing the long-standing presenter Dermot O Leary. She also presented the hit TV show Love Island between 2015 to 2019. Chadwick Boseman (Ian West/PA) Actor and playwright Chadwick Boseman died on August 28 aged 43, after being diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016. Boseman played superhero T’Challa in the 2018 Marvel blockbuster, Black Panther. Despite being diagnosed with cancer, he went on to star in a range of films, such as Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
FILE - In this June 29, 1986, file photo, Diego Maradona holds up his team s trophy after Argentina s 3-2 victory over West Germany at the World Cup final soccer match at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. The Argentine soccer great who was among the best players ever and who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title died from a heart attack on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, at his home in Buenos Aires. He was 60. (AP Photo/Carlo Fumagalli, File) Carlo Fumagalli Victoria Will associated press file photos Lawrence Jackson
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Remembering those who died in 2020, from Ruth Bader Ginsburg and B. Smith to Chadwick Boseman and Eddie Van Halen Updated Dec 31, 2020; Posted Dec 31, 2020 FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves the stage after speaking to first-year students at Georgetown Law in Washington. Ginsburg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP Facebook Share By BERNARD McGHEE, The Associated Press In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres. Many of their names hold a prominent place in the collective consciousness RBG, Kobe, Maradona, Eddie Van Halen, Little Richard, Sean Connery, Alex Trebek, Christo but pandemic restrictions often limited the public’s ability to mourn their loss in a year that saw more than a million people die from the coronavirus.
Gallery: Recalling lives lost in 2020 Bernard McGhee Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 1of24 English actress Honor Blackman poses for photographers during a break from the filming in London. Blackman, 94, the potent British actress who took James Bond’s breath away as Pussy Galore in “Goldfinger” and who starred as the leather-clad, judo-flipping Cathy Gale in “The Avengers,” died April 5. (AP Photo/Leonard Brown, File) Show MoreShow Less 2of24 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak delivers a speech at the first day of the 5th annual convention of the ruling National Democratic Party in Cairo, Egypt. Mubarak, 91, the Egyptian leader who was the autocratic face of stability in the Middle East for nearly 30 years before being forced from power in an Arab Spring uprising, died Feb. 25. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File) Show MoreShow Less
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